Diaz May Have Jeopardized His Title Bout
The last thing that Strikeforce’s August 15th “Carano vs. Cyborg” card needed was another line up change. It appears that scheduled combatant Nick Diaz(pictured) has taken some actions that may cause just that, and you guessed it, it’s related to his drug test. Diaz reportedly failed to show for his scheduled pre-fight testing on Wednesday, and his coach, Caesar Gracie, claimed that Diaz missed the appointment because he was “Busy training,” according to a report from www.f4wonline.com. Gracie then went on to claim that they had already rescheduled the screening with the CSAC for Monday(today), which the CSAC has since denied.
The problem with doing the testing today is that the CSAC has claimed that they would not have enough time to process the sample and get results prior to Friday’s weigh-ins for Saturdays event. In response to that there were claims, again from www.f4wonline.com, that Strikeforce was going to fly Diaz to LA to take the test, and then rush the sample to the UCLA testing lab. If the testing was completed and passed then Diaz would be on the card, if not then he would be off.
On today’s Media Call, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said that there were contingency plans in place, and that that Diaz has until 3pm today to take his test and still be able to fight Saturday. Coker said there were two flights Diaz could take to arrive in order to take his test and should be on his way. Should Diaz fail to get licensed for the fight for any reason, Coker says his scheduled opponent Jay Hieron would still be fighting on the card, but whether the bout would remain a title fight would be addressed later, once it was determined whether or not Diaz showed up for his testing.
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you know he’ll miss the flight, he just wont put the blunt down
Yet again another problem
Wow this card started off with so much potential. 4 huge title fights and now we could be down to 2. Just watch Carano not make weight too…Strikeforce’s worst nightmare. haha
UFC is the BEST f uck all the rest…
i understand if this guy wants to smoke some pot while hes training, that works for him you know he always does it, joe rogan and eddie bravo even admit they burn n roll, but your a professional athlete, smarten up and put it out well before your tests and such if you have to toke, you may not seeing it being a problem, but that doesnt mean it wont be
He agreed to fight by the rules when he initiated his career as a professional fighter. I’m not a detractor of his like alot of ppl but I can definitely see why many are. I liked him early on and his one failed drug test wasn’t enough to sway my opinion, and neither was his lisping tongue. But for God’s sake man either get it together or make room for more serious individuals trying to make an honest living. I have friends who quit smoking pot for some really lame jobs compared to what he’s getting paid to do. Act like a pro dammit!
I have other reasons for not liking Diaz, like talking trash after losing to Sanchez, and starting a fight with Joe Riggs in the hospital after losing to him in the cage.
More Diaz classiness, and another reason he’ll never fight the big boys again.
High Times just named Nick Diaz Fighter of the Year…
This is getting a bit ridiculous. If Gina or Cyborg fail to make weight I’m going to be a bit upset.
he lost the hospital fight, so that makes him 0-2 against the diesel.
not suprised at all by mister “stocktonth” what a joke. unfortunately there is noone at strikeforce to challenge him, unless he moves up to fight jacare imo.
Diaz does it again, should be interesting to see what comes of this
Why is this starting to look like this Strikeforce even is imploding?
I hope I’m wrong, but could the M-1 Global curse have kicked in already??
I hope not, I really enjoy StrikeForce. It would be a sad day.
Maybe this is how Diaz represenths Thtockton?
lol good one jcohl
This is a little too ridiculous. What’s with this guy? I’m actually in disbelief that any promotion would want to have anything to do with diaz. I’ve been a fan of him in the cage/ring, but never a fan of his irresponsible actions. It does seem like this event is cursed. That’s unfortunate when you consider that this will be the first female main event with a big mma organization.
has anyone read anything in depth on how the fight occured with riggs at the hospital? id like to take a gander.
use this link ckdiesel, [its not a virus or anything] and scroll down to the topic fighting inside/outside of the octagon and read the short paragraph.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Diaz
dont be suprised if one of the girls doesnt make weight for saturday night guys, this card is going down the crapper quick.
I’m thinking that they both might not make weight, but the fight goes off anyway…